Now that's what we call fine dining... this story caught our attention: using a 'priest' to extract staff sins
A California restaurant chain has been fined $5,000 and ordered to pay $140,000 in unpaid wages for labor violations.
As part of its effort to keep workers from complaining about withheld pay, the business allegedly carried out employee monitoring as a form of intimidation. But rather than using electronic surveillance, the restaurant firm relied on social engineering. Specifically, Che Garibaldi, operator of the Taqueria Garibaldi chain, engaged a purported priest to encourage workers to confess sins against the restaurant, like whether they'd ever stolen from their bosses.[PDF] during a court hearing,"brought in a priest who was a friend of [the owner] to hold confessions at the establishment in the back of the restaurant.
Asked about this, the investigator interpreted the interaction as a form of intimidation"to keep [employees] from talking to the Department of Labor." The employees, the investigator said, are all practicing Catholics and said they"have never experienced a confession like that one." "Under oath, an employee of Taqueria Garibaldi explained how the restaurant offered a supposed priest to hear their workplace 'sins' while other employees reported that a manager falsely claimed that immigration issues would be raised by the department’s investigation,” said Regional Solicitor of Labor Marc Pilotin in"This employer’s despicable attempts to retaliate against employees were intended to silence workers, obstruct an investigation and prevent the recovery of unpaid...
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